Near-Mage is a brand new hand-painted adventure from Stuck In Attic, who also made Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure. One I somehow missed from the end of last month, it has Native Linux support just like their previous game and it really does look absolutely gorgeous.
Near-Mage is a dark yet heartfelt journey through a fantastical world inspired by the developers’ homeland. Featuring hand-painted visuals and traditional animation reminiscent of Ghibli films, classic Disney, and European comic books, the game blends whimsical storytelling with cosmic horror undertones.
You just turned 18. You’re far away from your parents. You just found out you’re a witch. What could go wrong? Check out the trailer below:
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Game Highlights:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
- Craft your own spell inventory and magical build at the Transylvanian Institute for Magick, ensuring different outcomes with every playthrough.
- Fully voiced cast featuring 100+ speaking roles.
- Over 3 hours of lush orchestral original music.
- Branching narrative and replayable magic system.
- Customize your player character with plenty of clothes and hairstyles.
- A modern take on point-and-click adventures, playable with mouse or gamepad.
- A lived in open world where the adventure you embark on relies not on typical point and click tropes, but on getting to know the people and the places, and how much empathy you have for them.
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soulsource 4 days ago
I finished Near-Mage last weekend, and while I enjoyed it, I must say that (at least for me) it didn't measure up to Gibbous.
I really missed the classic point&click gameplay that requires you to combine items and place them in the scene... In Near-Mage, you can instead choose to cast different spells (or no spells at all), but that doesn't feel as challenging as the "build a Rube-Goldberg machine" riddles that Gibbous (and almost all other Point&Click Adventures) had.
Don't get me wrong, I still recommend Near-Mage, because it is very well made (art, music, voiceovers, characters, world building,...), but imho there are better point&click adventures - for instance Gibbous.
I really missed the classic point&click gameplay that requires you to combine items and place them in the scene... In Near-Mage, you can instead choose to cast different spells (or no spells at all), but that doesn't feel as challenging as the "build a Rube-Goldberg machine" riddles that Gibbous (and almost all other Point&Click Adventures) had.
Don't get me wrong, I still recommend Near-Mage, because it is very well made (art, music, voiceovers, characters, world building,...), but imho there are better point&click adventures - for instance Gibbous.
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